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HEAD FOR BARRELS, cAsKs, sbo.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,038, dated April 1,1894.

Application led January 26, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, PATRICK MORAN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful'Improvement in Heads for Barrels,Casks, Src., of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention seeks to provide a practical shifting head-plate for allkinds of packages, barrels, casks, &c., which may be quicklyand easilyremoved and put in place for opening and closing the package withoutremoving the hoops, and which, when applied, will close the packageair-tight;v and the invention consists, principally, in providing thehead ofthe pack# age, in a suitable opening made therein, with ametalliccurbfto be used with a plate adapted to be held in and against the curbby a crossbar and connectingbolt. f f

rlhe invention also consists of the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of4this specification, in which similar' letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both igures.

Figure l is a plan View of a cask or barrel having my invention appliedthereto, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.

The body of the package, cask, or barrel A may be of 'the ordinary or ofany' improved construction.

In the head B ofthe cask is formed the opening C, which is elliptical inform, and in this opening is secured by the screws a a the curb D, theriange d of which iits closely in the Opening C, whilethe outersurrounding flange, d,

of the curb comes against the inner surface of the headB, and betweenthis latter flange and the head B is placed the packing E, to form anair-tight joint between the curb and the head B, as will be understoodfrom Fig. 2.

F is the shifting plate. This is of about the same form and externalmeasurement as the curb D, and is formed with the ange f,

bolt G-passes, and which bolt receives the nutl b above the cross-pieceH, the said cross-piece H being adapted to span the curb D, as shown lin the drawings. A dat elliptical ring, I, is

secured to the outer surface of the head G by the screws c c, so as tocover the upper edge of the flange d of the curb D, and thus make a nicenish to the head of the package; and

upon the shifting plate F is placed the pack-- ing J, which, when theparts are in place and the nut b screwed down, forms an air-tight jointbetween the plate F and the iilange d of 6o the curb D. The hat ring Ialso serves as a Vchafe-plate for the ends h of the cross-piece H torest upon, as will be understood from theV drawings.

In use, to open the cask, it is only necessary to remove the nut b fromYthe upper end of the bolt G, which will permit the crosspiece IIMtoberemoved and the shifting plate Ff taken outof the cask by passing Aitedgewise and endwise through the curb D. To close the cask, it is onlynecessary to pass the plate F down through the curb -D and adjust it onthe curb, and then place the cross-piece H upon the bolt G and apply andscrew down thenut b. In this manner i-t will be seen that the Cask maybe very easily opened and closed without removing the head C of thecask, and

and that the curb-plate and cross-piece are strong, cheap, durable,andpractical for their purpose. y

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The head B, formed with the opening C, incombination with the curb D, fitted therein, and the shifting plate F,cross-piece H, and bolt G, all arranged to operate substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

2.` The curb D, formed of flanges d d', and held in the opening C of thehead B, with the packing E placed between the head and ange d', and theshifting plate F, formedwith flange f, and provided with packing J andscrew-bolt G, in combination with the plate I and cross-piece H, forreceiving the bolt G, for holding plate F in place for closing thepackage, substantially as described.

BATBICK MORAN.

